Vulnerabilities > CVE-2004-2722 - Credentials Management vulnerability in Nessus 2.0.10A

047910
CVSS 0.0 - NONE
Attack vector
UNKNOWN
Attack complexity
UNKNOWN
Privileges required
UNKNOWN
Confidentiality impact
UNKNOWN
Integrity impact
UNKNOWN
Availability impact
UNKNOWN

Summary

Nessus 2.0.10a stores account passwords in plaintext in .nessusrc files, which allows local users to obtain passwords. NOTE: the original researcher reports that the vendor has disputed this issue

Vulnerable Configurations

Part Description Count
Application
Nessus
1

Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE)